Spool-carrier.



C. B. BRAITHWAITE.

SPOOL CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, I914. L153,2L PatentedSept. 7, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORA B. BRAITHWAITE, citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device capable of application to a table or shelf or the wall and adapted for supporting spools of thread, particularly those of varying color, to enable the user to easily and quickly select the thread desired and remove it from the spool.

A further object is to provide a spool carrier of simple, economical construction, and one which can be readily removed from its support for the purpose of placing spools thereon and capable of carrying a comparatively large number of spools, thereby adapting the device for dressmaking establishments as well as for domestic use.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table, illustrating my invention applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the preferred manner of mounting the device on the underside of the table top, Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the carrier, Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction, showing the preferred manner of mounting it on the table. Fig. 5 is a front view of the modified construction.

In the drawing, 2 represents a table of any ordinary or preferred construction, having a top 3.

4 is a plate, preferably of sheet metal, fitting against the rail of the table under the projecting edge of the top and having a flange 5 through which screws may be inserted into the table top for securing the support thereon. The lower portion of the plate 4; has an outwardly projecting part 6 terminating in a horizontal edge that is inwardly and upwardly turned to form a lip 7 and a loop 8.- A similar loop 9 is formed at the inner or rear edge of the part 6, these loops acting as guides for a carrier plate 10 that is fitted between them. Upon this carrier 10 I arrange a series of upright pins 11 upon which the spools of thread are placed. There are any suitable number of Specification of Letters Patent.

these pins, according to the different colors offthreadused, and the pins are spaced a sufiicient distance apart to allow the spools to turn freely thereon in unwinding the thread. The carrier has a depending lip 12 at one end, which engages the horizontal portion 6 of the support and forms a stop to limit the inward movement of the carrier. The lip 7 is preferably provided opposite -ueach pin with a notch 13, having a sharpened edge for cutting the thread thereon. The upper ends of the pins will be sufficiently near the top of the table to prevent a spool from being accidentally pulled off the pin in unwinding the thread, but whenever desired, the carrier may be pulled out from between the guides and a supply of spools placed thereon.

In Fig. l a modified construction is shown, consisting in a single plate having a back portion 14 and a horizontal portion 15 projecting outwardly from the lower edge of the back portion and provided with the up wardly turned lip 16 corresponding to the one described. This back portion has keyhole slots 17 therein to engage pins 18 that are mounted in the rail of the table. The upright pins 11, instead of being mounted in a carrier, are fixed at suitable intervals in the horizontal portion 15 of the plate and their function is the same as that described with reference to the pins of Fig. 2. When this form of carrier is removed, it is only necessary to slide it endwise to disengage it from the pins 18.

The device may be made 1n various sizes,

any suitable material may be used in its construction, and in various ways the details may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

1 claim as my invention:

1. A spool carrier having means for. attaching it to a suitable overhanging support, upright pins mounted in said carrier and spaced a suitable distance apart, and adapted to support spools of thread placed thereon, said means having guides wherein said carrier is slidable, the upper ends of the spools when the device is in use being sufficiently near said support to prevent their removal from said pins.

2. The combination, with an overhanging support, of a plate supported beneath the same and having a horizontal extension and guides thereon, a spool carrier slidable in said guides and having pins whereon the Patented Sept. *7, 1915;.

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spools are mounted, the upper ends of said" pins being adjacent to said support, where- I by the removal of the spools from the pins is prevented until said plate is withdrawn from beneath said support.

3. A spool carrier comprising a vertical plate having means for attachment to a support, the lower portion of said plate having an outwardly projecting part provided with horizontal guides formed therein, a plate slidable between said guides, a series of pins mounted at intervals on said plate and projecting upwardly therefrom, the outer guide terminating in a lip having notches therein provided with sharpening edges, for the purpose specified.

41. The combination, with' an overhanging support, of a spool carrier comprising a plate having means for attaching it to said support, upright pins carried by said plate and whereon the spools are mounted, the upper ends of the spools being adjacent to said support, whereby their removal from the pins is prevented while the plate is in use, and guides wherein said plate is mounted to slide lengthwise.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of November 1914.

CORA B. BRAITHl/VAITE,

Witnesses:

GENEVIEVE E. SoRENsEN, EDWARD A. PAUL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five-cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 'Washington, D. 0. 

